Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art

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Lot 265
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Indra Gilt Copper Nepal

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Indra
  • Gilt Copper
  • Height: 7 7/8 ins (20 cm)
Seated in rajalilasana with his principle emblem, the vajra, supported by a flower at his right shoulder, a horizontal third eye on his forehead and a tall helmet-like crown.

Provenance

Philip Goldman, London, 1970's

Catalogue Note

Compare necklace, armband and helmet decorations with a circa 17th century Indra formerly in the William H. Wolff Collection, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 384, pl. 104A